Re: [CF-Devel] Weather level 5 (Re: Weather needs smoothing)

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Level 5 weather is not just weather but erosion/climate as well I think - it is a lot to process on the maps beacuse it would change ground arches such as swamp to desert as well as do 'weather'.  There are still a few places (mostly cities) where there are no elevation of the landscape as well which may or may not be a problem for the code.  In the least it will result in very active weather as it will be a big hole in the elevation map.  Weather is still somewhat experimental (and anything above level 3 I had problems with in the past) I believe so there could be leaks or whatnot as well I suppose.  There may be problems with the feathering code as well but I would have to check the archives to remember that.

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      The reason *I* don't run level 5 is that it eats RAM like
     
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      crazy.  I know it's supposed to, but if someone could check for
     
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      leaks, I'd feel better.
     
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      Recipe for crashing your server:
     
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      1. run with 128Mb or less
     
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      2. run with weather on lvl 5
     
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      3. open a client (if possible in the same machine to eat more
     
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         RAM) ;-)
     
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      4. go to Wolfsburg
     
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      5. crash
     
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      No, I don't know why Wolfsburg :-) I suppose it is (IIRC) an
     
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      equatorial climate, very humid, so the server has to manage
     
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      pools and plants and whatnot *PLUS* the town itself...
     
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      []s,
     
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